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On the Trail of an AIDS Vaccine

Posted by Jeffrey T. Safrit
Los Angeles, CA
September 13, 2012

This week, scientists from around the world gathered in Boston for the 12th annual AIDS Vaccine 2012, a conference devoted to research towards an HIV vaccine. Learn more below about their discoveries and the future of a vaccine for HIV.

Posted by Jeffrey T. Safrit
Los Angeles, CA
March 14, 2012

Last week, Seattle was host to the 19th annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, colloquially known as CROI.

It is the largest North American conference on HIV/AIDS, and attracts more than 4,000 leading clinicians and basic scientists studying HIV and associated diseases for presentations and discussions of their latest results.

Maternal and pediatric issues were again important at this year’s conference, and Foundation-supported scientists past and present were at the forefront.

Posted by Jeffrey T. Safrit
Los Angeles
February 15, 2012

While all eyes have been on the African Cup of Nations football tournament, audiences at the Pan African Film & Arts Festival in L.A. have been watching a movie about a different type of contest – an African football player versus HIV. The movie had its genesis six years ago, when the Discovery Channel began an innovative filming project to bring HIV prevention and treatment messages to a new generation in sub-Saharan Africa. Now, that movie – “Inside Story: The Science of HIV/AIDS” – is a reality.